Invisible Pathways

Summer and its heat have a way of slowing things down, in a very deliberate, sensual and slightly intoxicating way. It is like watching time through a slow motion viewer, like time has the effect of molasses slowly dripping through our days and nights. I love it, that slowness that only summer has, that allows us to appreciate the chirping of a cricket in the rust dry grass under our hot feet. I love the heat that slows down the love making at night, the dreams and onset of dawn already bathed in strong, warm light. Summer slows down the speed at which we eat, talk, laugh, willing us to enjoy the passage of time not as a curse, but as a gift, richly scented, like a rich oil. We BBQ. our food, we sit by campfires, and just talk and share, and laugh, or sit quietly staring into the hypnotic flames as we roast marshmallows for each other. And as time slows down in summer's enchantment, the invisible lines that tie us to our family and friends become more visible like spider threads in morning dew. What is precious to us reveals itself in the slower rhythm of summer,as we have a chance during long weekends and vacations and family reunions, to re-connect, re-appreciate, renew, forgive, understand, love, meet all over again, and return refreshed to the awareness that we better relish every second of this heavenly gift that summer brings each year with its warmth, abundance, colours, camaraderie, starry nights and bright days, before the leaves turn again, and the first chilling of fall reminds us once more that the deepest of happiness on this earth is circular at best. So until that day, let's melt into that summer's heat and its slower pace and soak up every bit of its peace and joy with enthusiasm and delirious gratitude. Life is a mystery, and summer is a great time to kick that mystery in the butt and make it dance determined to win the audition. Summer is awesome, whether hot or wet, dry or cold, long or short, to celebrate those who share the mystery of life with us, far and near, hard or easy, on good days and well, days. Celebrate the pathways that connect, that routine has made perhaps fuzzy or dusty, and splash some good old summer fun on them, make them sparkle again. Go get some supplies for 's mores, go dig up that bathing suit, go call that friend who knows how to play the guitar and sing ballads, and decide you will shine that star of yours that is your soul, your heart. In the process you will inevitably splash some fresh shine on your loved ones hearts and souls as well. It's a win -win situation.